Deuteronomy 33:4

Deuteronomy 33:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
• New International Version (NIV)the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
• English Standard Version (ESV)when Moses commanded us a law, as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moses commanded a law for us, A heritage of the congregation of Jacob.

Context of Deuteronomy 33:4

2He said, “Adonai came from Sinai and dawned on Bnei-Yisrael from Seir. He shone forth from Mount Paran, and He came from the holy myriads— blazing fire for them from His right hand. 3Indeed, a lover of peoples is He— all His kedoshim are in His hand. They followed in Your steps, each receiving Your words. Torah Moses commanded us— a heritage for the community of Jacob. 5He became king in Jeshurun when the heads of the people gathered, all the tribes of Israel together. 6‘Let Reuben live and not die, though his people become few.’

Deuteronomy 33:4 word by word

תּוֹרָ֥ה צִוָּה־לָ֖נוּ מֹשֶׁ֑ה מוֹרָשָׁ֖ה קְהִלַּ֥ת יַעֲקֹֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• us a lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• the inheritanceמוֹרָשָׁהmôrâshâh · possessionH4181
• of the congregationקְהִלָּהqehillâh · assemblyH6952
• of Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 33:4

• John 1:17Torah was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Yeshua the Messiah.
• John 7:19Hasn’t Moses given you the Torah? Yet none of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
• Deuteronomy 9:26I prayed to Adonai and said, ‘O Lord, Adonai, do not destroy Your people—Your inheritance that You have redeemed through Your greatness and brought out from Egypt with a mighty hand.
• Psalms 119:72The Torah from Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 33:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4of Jacob: The Hebrew probably uses Jacob because the tribes descended from Jacob’s 12 sons are here listed by name as recipients of God’s blessing (33:6–25; compare Genesis 49:1–28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-42-4. The Lord came--Under a beautiful metaphor, borrowed from the dawn and progressive splendor of the sun, the Majesty of God is sublimely described as a divine light which appeared in Sinai and scattered its beams on all the adjoining region in directing Israel's march to Canaan. In these descriptions of a theophania, God is represented as coming from the south, and the allusion is in general to the thunderings and lightnings of Sinai; but other…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 33:4

• Death
• Law
• Theocracy

In the dictionaries

• Jacob
• Moses
• Jacob, Israel
• Abundance
• Accept
• Bless
• Blessing
• Couch
• Dip
• Drops

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings